Pure sodium dropped in water explosion

[nobbelhabte]

why don't people you this to commit suicide.

[nobbelhabte]

they say 75% of human body is water, i wonder what will happen if i swallow sodium?

[imimaginingchaos]

my chemistry teacher only goes as far as murdering gummy bears..v.v

[jumanji321]

We aren't even allowed to have alkali metals in our school.

[RusCan10]

:D We weren't allowed to do this...

But that's one crazy science teacher.

[000mrcool000]

So crazy...

[prettygirlrokk212]

This is a fuckin waste of my time ive saw better things than this and im pretty damn sure everyone who watched this has too xD #Epic Fail

[E90D89]

this is unbelievable...

/watch?v=47-5Baix0Fw

[carllito12]

@E90D89 NOBODY WATCH THIS LINK. THIS GUY IS JUST ANOTHER VIEWER WHORE WHO WANTS PEOPLE TO WATCH HIS DUMB VIDEO WHICH WILL TRICK YOU!

E90D89 go fuck yourself

[longshanks0971]

EXPLOSIONS!!!!!



[Emrekpelmu]

What kind of potato did you use to record this?

[k3vint200]

did you record this with your calculator??

[LuxuryBarrage]

This happened to me when I was making soup. I thought pure sodium would work just like table salt.

[Rivannous]

it made boom.

[yozgatli66ilker]

Nice which camera did you use?

[sgreen71778]

I put sodium in water. Sometimes it ignites, sometimes it doesn't. Anyone know why?

[kogaku]

@sgreen71778 I'm guessing it could be because sodium is often stored in oil? to keep it from reacting to moisture in air. If there's still a layer of oil on the sodium when you put it in water, it probably won't react.

[aznbaconftf8]

nicccee

[Jorge97301]

@silverleaf81 and I apologize for the double post/typos I'm doing this off my iPhone.

[Jorge97301]

@silverleaf81 like stated below Francium is extremely rare, in part because of it's extremely short half life. I never implied that Francium wouldn't be reactive with water. That truth is that scientists don't even know what it's melting point is because they can't make enough of it to verify it.

[Jorge97301]

@silverleaf81 like stated below Francium is extreMlu

[Jorge97301]

@CoN0R115 yes the further down the alkali metal group the more reactive it generally is. Caesium would be pretty cool to watch react with water!

[Psyman2]

@Jorge97301

Brainiac did it ;)

[Jorge97301]

To "WheresCunti" I don't comment often on my vids but yours caught my eye, becuase Francium is the second rarest element on earth, As little as 20--30 g (one ounce) exists at any given time throughout the Earth's crust; the other isotopes are entirely synthetic. The largest amount produced in the laboratory was a cluster of more than 300,000 atoms. So either your teacher lied to you, you are making stuff up, or you mixed up the actual element he used.

[CoN0R115]

@Jorge97301 is it Caesium that creates a huge explosion with Water?

[silverleaf81]

@Jorge97301 Francium is also extremely radioactive, its maximum half life is 25 mins! (or something around that)

[thijsie65]

@Jorge97301 he is prolly making it up, Francium is like u said unable to have, it has high doses of radioactive output or how u call it, and its half-life time is 22 minutes so when u compare francium to plutonium, plutonium has way higher half-life of like 200 million years and has already high doses of radioactive output, and francium it's half life is 22 minutes so i dont even wanna know how radioactive it is! :P

And its alkalimetal so reactive with water too :P

[WheresCunti]

That's nothing my chemistry teacher threw francium into water in my class.

[dennisfiorino]

Wow

[medojuba100]

good

[soldoutrules]

most chemistry teachers are legends, when we were working he just stood in the middle of the room and said "watch this" and threw like a liter of liquid nitrogen on the floor... XD

[HelloImChrisNgo]

put some pure sodium by the bath tub and tell your brother its soap

[petering10]

my stupid fucking chem teacher took us on a field trip, she threw a big ass Block of pure sodium into the lake.... it killed most of the fish lol, no shit

[redjimenez]

if scientist could somehow extract or convert sea water into (pure sodium metal)

then the world's energy problem could be solved by using the heat produced by such mixture rather than using coals and oils!

[thunderfirebolt]

@redjimenez not really, more energy required to extract the sodium than to burn the sodium again and all that. and i think hydrogen produces more energy per unit weight than sodium, by burning.

[Runningonbrains]

@redjimenez There is no such thing as a free lunch. It would take more energy to extract the sodium than you would get out of it.

[MrCoffeeCream]

i wonder what happens if u eat pure sodium?

[yondaime500]

@MrCoffeeCream My guess is, if the sodium could make its way to your stomach, it would simple neutralize your stomach acid, producing NaCl (common salt) and water. But that wouldn't happen at all, because there would be water in the way, so it would turn into NaOH (caustic soda, corrosive) and hydrogen gas (flammable) in your digestive system. So the hydrogen would make you go "boom" and the soda would eat you alive. You would be screwed. Don't do it. Then again, I'm just guessing...

[CaptainOlimar1]

@yondaime500

Well, problem with this is, unless you inhaled pure chlorine before swallowing the pure sodium, then it wouldn't become salt. Even then, it probably wouldn't. Now, if anything, it would react to the water on your tongue, in your throat, stomach, etc., so, more-than-likely, you would suffer a terribly painful explosion before it even digests fully. Long story short, bad idea, don't do it.

[spkligh]

lol lets get a couple of thousand kg's and turn it into a rlry big bomb!!!

[hamfish225]

@spkligh they already did that... its on youtube

[NotWhoYouThinkIAm15]

I love doing this...I was throwing sodium into a lake before our teacher even brought it up today... it was hilarious to watch him say not to try it at home (and to see that all the people in the vids he showed us wore goggles!) I guess I'm a bad example. Not as bad as the people who actually destroy things though. :) Ha ha.

[JayseWeaver]

I love all these funny sodium stories.

Worse happened somewhere on the west coast, some kids stole some from the science lab, then put it in a drinking fountain. Some kid didn't see it there and he got his face torn off, now he's blind. Yea.

[iHasaComputer]

We wrapped our dicks in seaweed and rubbed them against the blackboard to create a frictional effect which would lead to a weird, thick substance pouring from our genitals.

[BubbleManxx]

@iHasaComputer wtf is wrong with you

[tom123216]

@iHasaComputer yeah, that thing is magical,it shoots into some into a ... and a life is born,= seaweed babes

[MiseRyShadeS]

mmy teacher threw a massive chunk into a water drain lmfao

[lzrd0113]

I literally said, "What the f*ck is wrong with sodium?" What does it have to get all angry and explode when it touches water? EVERY living thing has water in it... D:

[MrMooglify]

Where do ya get pure sodium

[fozza6]

lol we did in school bus bay with teacher the other staff were not amused

[EPICGUYDUDE]

oh my gosh... my teacher took sodium and throw it into a pool, but it blew up in the air ROFL!!! then sodium flew everywhere into the pool and BOOM!! PS i took a small lump before it reached the pool XD

[lynnchan9196]

science FAIL

I wish I had him as my science teacher...

Not that my current science teacher isn't crazy enough...

[wildmanpeterexcess]

We flushed a lump at school....it was the thing to do back in the day...

[BojanglesCanada]

my science teacher took a 2 pound block (she was a lab tech) of sodium and tossed it in a pool...

[LarissaUchelli2009]

oh thats cool

[FrostfeverEU]

Next up. Francium plus Fluor equals AWESOME TIME

[Mohanned40]

WOOTERZ! 2day at my school i put a HUGE piece of sodium and first, it made a small fire, then bigger, then bigger, and finally it flew up hew and BOOOOM! just like fireworks, but 10 times cooler!

[supernaturalguru]

are all chemistry teachers mental lol?

mine threw 4 grams of sodium in a tub of water and ran outta the room xD

we didnt expect what would happen =[

scared the fuck outta me and set the fire alarm off :L

[666satanification666]

I think they are yes. Our chemistry teacher showed us a thermite experiment on a desk once, which was good. We were doing the alkali metals as a demonstration once and a crane fly flew in there and got most of its legs and one wing blasted off, it was great :D

[freakin1random]

FUCK YES!!!! my teacher was like...yeah... you can set the thermite off. It was Mg and CuO....fucking blew the windows out of the room. set fire to one of the ceiling pannels.

[cloudtheavenger]

@supernaturalguru No that's how chemistry is taught and besides theres no point in life if you dont live it to the fullest

[shidoink]

@supernaturalguru its probally all the fumes.

[kkktulaybkkk]

@supernaturalguru HAHA LOL! bit of a nutter, my teacher's not allowed to drop more than 200mg!

[mrdavidsmithism]

@supernaturalguru true true, my chemistry got a new classroom, new floors, new walls, new roof and he put 30 cm in 500ml of water and blew the floor plaster off, the wall paint was stripped down and the roof was totaly broken... he no longer has a job :L !

[MissBaileyful]

@supernaturalguru Lmfao.. that's why you put a pea sized amount into a large beaker, IN a closed area.. you know those things you put babies in? something like that, but made for science, specifically.. :P & My science teacher isn't mental, she's actually quite cool. (:

[Squiddie42]

@supernaturalguru Oh pssh. Our teacher threw a brick-sized hunk of sodium in his neighbors' swimming pool in the 80s. :P

[magicalkitten1]

@supernaturalguru

FOUR GRAMS?! 0_0

Daaamn! Why can't all science teachers be as cool as yours?! >:D

[waqasahmed939]

@supernaturalguru

Ours burnt the ceiling, and I nearly set our classroom on fire

[antiswattt2]

that guy doesnt give a shit about a little snap he got tatp at home for sure! :D

[antiswattt2]

Na* (:

[Roxy1217Gurl]

anyways;i think this video is sicccckkkk:D

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[mikeyherb1923]

We wrapped a chunk of sodium in toilet paper then threw it in the toilet as it was flushing in school.They never taught us anything like that again.MAJOR plumbing damage!

[PACHONGA9]

@mikeyherb1923 Kudos!!

[TheSalazara]

@mikeyherb1923 LMFAO.

[stopdreamingkid]

@mikeyherb1923

oh my god hahahaha

[ShadowRayzzz]

@mikeyherb1923 THATS A FUCKING IDEA :O

[JalapenoCheetohz]

@mikeyherb1923 Sodium polyacrylate in the school toilets was also good for story telling.

[lakssr]

@mikeyherb1923 hahaha did that last year in my school, me and a couple friends stole sodium from the chemistry lab and put it in the toilets.... it went BOOOOM! ( btw im a pyromaniac lol )

[wolvenblacktalon1]

@mikeyherb1923 lol i hear it blows the whole toilet off the floor

[davidevgen]

@mikeyherb1923 talk about a pratical joke XD im sure you cleaned out there septic system lol

[kimbokid1]

bill nye the science guy

[FatherWarhol]

I fondly remember my chemistry lessons as well

[Abengoshis]

That must have been a HUGE piece of sodium.

I call fake on this until I get the mass of the sodium.

[Abengoshis]

Oh, I just read the description.

1cm cube....I suppose it would happen then.

That is extremely dangerous, molten sodium could get on one of you.

Please be careful when using Group 1 metals...

[milkinthevideos]

your teacher wears a chem coat, awesome!

[fluffeesh]

in my science class, my teacher was holding a 2cm cube of pure sodium showing us what it looked like, i accidentally bumped into her, and she dropped it.

she dropped it into the sink and down the pipe.

everything exploded and was soaked

[N2251]

Im in Year7 and my science teacher did this today!!

SOOOO KOOOOOOOOL!!!

[knockerhead6]

lol same we kept forcing the teacher to put a whole block in

[benjacoj]

Did it explode the thing it was in?

[knockerhead6]

did wat ezplode?

[benjacoj]

The sodium was probably dropped in water, the water was probably in a bucket. Did the bucket explode into two or more pieces?

[maxyevs]

I wish chemistry classes still did these kinds of experiments... nowadays its lame ones like getting the water out of a hydrate.

[dude1242]

not all chemistry classes are like that, the other day my grade 11 chemistry class did this experiment.

[Imajukeboxh3r0]

lol at the start of last semester my Grade 9 Science class did this.

[cuteboymimmi]

hahaha! so true XD

[BankstownShuffler1]

where uc get the sodium i want 2 try it

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[KnotsNerd]

We did this today.

[sciencoking]

you drop sodium into a water explosion? cool... how do you get a water explosion? is it expensive?

[343gagster]

BOOM BOOM! =D my science teacher did this... it's koooool!!! GO SCIENCE!

[TravisFlepper]

nice, we did this in chemistry class the other day but pebble sized sodium chunks. Made more of a pop. where did you get the cm^3 chunk?

[tmalachow]

hey does this still explode in fresh water???

[TiqueO6]

Really amazing that our bodies can't live without sodium for more than 4 days.

Then again after seeing this reaction it's not as far fetched.

Lithium which is a similar sized ion to sodium also reacts strongly in water but it's unsung as a necessary nutrient (which it probably is and might well balance with sodium in important ways.)

Potassium, very reactive, also is quite essential in the body (the final injection in executions is simply potassium chloride, I believe.)

[stevenscottoddballz]

What would be the chemical equation for this?

[3DxRadeon]

2(Na) + 2(H2O) --> 2 (NaOH) + (H2)

[stevenscottoddballz]

Thanks! I'll be SURE to add this to favorites!

[SirHarrison9]

r u sure that this formula isnt right.... 2NA(S) + H2O(l) ----> H2(G) +NA2O (AQ)

to predict the product, dont u have to do single replacement

[faat84]

2Na (s) + 2H2O (l)--> 2NaOH (aq)+ H2 (g)

[stevenscottoddballz]

What do the lower case [s, l, aq, & g] stand for?

[faat84]

s for solid, l for liquid, g for gas, aq for aquous

[stevenscottoddballz]

O.K., I THOUGHT I figutrred s, l, & g, but what does "aquous" mean?

[faat84]

aquous means water, any thing dissolved in water, when we say aquous sodium hydroxide we mean sodium hydroxide dissolved in water, because sodium hydroxide itself is solid.

[stevenscottoddballz]

Thank you VERY much! Have a Merry Christmas! Remember Jesus is the Reason for the Season!

[bloodyschnozz]

lol?

[Abengoshis]

Idiot....

[Timerider]

Ignorant.......

[Abengoshis]

Hah! No. I've done my research.

[Timerider]

So then you do not believe in the rapture?

[Abengoshis]

I most certainly do not believe in the rapture.

[Timerider]

I don't know what research you have done then?

What is it that I said that has you calling me "idiot".

Is this just general purpose religious bashing?

Or something specific?

Do you have a point or an issue?

[Abengoshis]

You randomly went onto a video and posted something completely unrelated to the video to promote your religion.

You are an idiot for doing so.

[Timerider]

Hardly Random I was watching a video on Sodium and reading the comments.

stevenscottoddballz made a comment that I replied to. I rarely initiate a post in a video unless it is to thank the poster for the video..

Speaking of which: Thanks Jorge97301 great video.

I will stop posting off topic now if Abengoshis does not mind?

[Abengoshis]

Did you not read my message?

Promoting religion is the same as promoting a website, its spam.

Unless the religion promoting was actually part of the conversation you were having. In which case I apologise.

[RespectMyGangsterism]

rhymes always make things funny.

"i killed the -cat in the hat- with my jet black bat and wiped my feet on a mat then i looked for my fat friend Patt but i had no idea where he was at!"

[GuitarWhisperer]

A science teacher at my highs chool was killed doing something similar.

[Chinelin]

Did he dropped a 80 ton sodium stone in a pool? Because I never saw accidents in my school with sodium...

[GuitarWhisperer]

No, just a good sized chunk. Maybe it was potassium.

[ExplosiveScience]

Nope, all it takes is sodium, I have done it, the more sodium you use the more explosive the reaction is.

[markmagnone1]

or maybe he used cesium

[champion5545]

awesome

[AvrilLavigne117]

nice!!!

[crayzclown]

cool!